Lead Scentence & Lead Story

Leads are Leads or leads are devices that writers use to capture the readers’ attention and draw them into an article or story. If it’s a lead sentence then it will be in a title of a newspaper article which will be big and bold to capture the reader’s attention. In the lead story they are located at the beginning of a piece of text and can take several forms depending on the tone, mood and purpose that the author wants to convey. Leads are considered very important as they determine whether or not the reader will continue reading, the main key is to capture the reader, get them interested and make them carry on reading! Writing your own narrative article you will need to consider writing a very good well written lead sentence to drag the reader into your work.

How to write a good lead sentence or story!

Anecdotes!

An anecdote is a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.  Using a brief anecdote or story is a good way to engage readers as using this can as lead be an effective tool. many anecdotes are considered funny however, they can often reveal deeper issues that the writer wants to expound upon further in the article and  Sometimes telling a story just makes people laugh or brightens the mood. example of this can be "GIRL TRIPS OVER IN SCHOOL CAN-TINE AND SPILLS HER FOOD ON TOP OF THE HEADTEACHER!" the headline is shocking and amusing allowing the reader to carry on reading and finding out what happened. 

Statistics!

Although writing a personal narrative is often about personal events, if your narrative includes issues pertaining to the general public, adding relevant statistics in your lead is a good idea. Also gives a sense how you know what your talking about and adding statistics will enforce intelligence as they reader will be shocked to hear news that contain statistics such as figures of numbers.

Shocking statements!Some of the most interesting and engaging leads use shocking statements to captivate readers. "I hate babies!" is a shocking statement that will make readers read the rest of your essay to find out what type of individual could hate a baby.